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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 7, 2007

Venus Falls In Japan Final

TOKYO - Top-seeded Venus Wiliams was upset by Virginie Razzano 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4 Saturday in the final of the Japan Open.

On the men's side, top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain defeated Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 7-6 (3), 6-3 and will face Richard Gasquet of France in today's final. Gasquet beat second-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-6 (3), 6-3.

PORSCHE GRAND PRIX: At Stuttgart. Germany, top-ranked Justine Henin defeated Jelena Jankovic 7-6 (2), 7-5 and will play Tatiana Golovin for the title.

Golovin reached her second straight Porsche GP final by upsetting second-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-4.

UT's Woznicki Wins At Disney

LAKE BUENA VISTA - Laura Woznicki of the University of Tampa won the women's individual race at 12th annual Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic, finishing the 5-kilometer race in 17 minutes, 41.30 seconds. That helped the Spartans to the women's team title. The University of South Florida placed 21st.

The UT men placed 10th overall, while USF finished 20th.

VOLLEYBALL: Top-ranked Tampa (17-1, 6-0) defeated Nova Southeastern (16-5, 6-1) in a Sunshine State Conference match, winning 30-17, 30-19, 30-25.

Freshman Melissa Vanderhall had career highs of 13 kills and 15 digs.
Saint Leo Wins 5th Straight

ST. LEO - Freshman Jonathan Glenn scored two goals for the fourth time this season, leading Saint Leo (7-2-2, 3-1) to a 3-1 victory against Florida Tech (2-7-2, 1-3-1) in a Sunshine State Conference men's soccer match.

WOMEN'S SOCCER: Dari Alcantara and Bridgett Godwin scored goals to lead Saint Leo (11-2, 4-1) to a 2-0 win against Florida Tech (5-4-1, 0-3-1) in an SSC match.

VOLLEYBALL: Saint Leo (16-7, 2-4) edged visiting Lynn (11-6, 3-4) in an SSC match, winning 0-18, 31-29, 31-33, 25-30, 15-8. Freshman Kaitlin McKenna led the Lions with 14 kills.

USF Men Fall To Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The No. 9 University of South Florida men's soccer team lost 1-0 to Louisville on a goal in the 69th minute by forward Marco Terminesi.

The Bulls fell to 7-2-1 overall and 2-2-1 in the Big East. Louisville improved to 6-4, 3-2.

U.S. Skaters Defeat Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Caroline Zhang and Johnny Weir helped the United States defeat Japan in a team figure skating competition.

The U.S. women defeated the Japanese women, featuring world champion Miki Ando, by a total of 289.00 points to 284.90. The U.S. men outpaced Japan 362.81 to 334.48.

IAAF Calls Jones A Fraud

MONTE CARLO, Monaco - The head of track and field's governing body branded Marion Jones as 'one of the biggest frauds in sporting history.'

IAAF president Lamine Diack said he was 'deeply disappointed' with the news that Jones had admitted taking banned drugs when she won three Olympic golds and two bronze medals at Sydney in 2000.

'If she had trusted to her own natural gifts and allied them to self sacrifice and hard work, I sincerely believe that she could have been an honest champion at the Sydney Games,' Diack said. 'Now, instead, Marion Jones will be remembered as one of the biggest frauds in sporting history.'

Jones pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y., to lying to federal investigators when she denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

Sharpton: Isiah Owes Apology

NEW YORK - Al Sharpton promised to lead protests against Madison Square Garden unless Knicks coach Isiah Thomas apologizes for saying whites and blacks should be held to different standards regarding the use of certain derogatory language.

'If, in fact, that's what Mr. Thomas said, he's wrong,' the activist minister said.

Thomas said he hoped Sharpton would judge him based on 'the facts' and not 'the edited, spliced video that was leaked.'

A Tribune staff, wire report

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